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Six for Six: ABC’s Katherine Faulders and the Letitia James Leak Pipeline

December 21, 2025 / 8 minutes of reading

Every major development in the Letitia James case broke through one reporter. Every leak of non-public information helped the defense. Yesterday, I published “96 Minutes: The Letitia James Grand Jury Leaks Were Worse Than Reported.” I documented how two grand juries – one that chose secrecy, one that chose transparency – both had their decisions leaked to the same ABC […]

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Abbe Lowell, ABC News, Carol Leonnig, Katherine Faulders, Letitia James, MSNBCCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

96 Minutes: The Letitia James Grand Jury Leaks Were Worse Than Reported

December 20, 2025 / 10 minutes of reading

Two grand juries. Two different choices about disclosure. Neither controlled their own narrative. The leakers did. Last week, I published “The Letitia James Grand Jury Leak: 33 Minutes Early. A Federal Judge Put It in Writing.” I documented how Judge Porter cited a 4:06 PM ABC News article – authored by Katherine Faulders – that published the December 11 grand

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Abbe Lowell, ABC News, Anna Bower, Carol Leonnig, CBS News, CNN, Judge William Porter, Kaitlan Collins, Katherine Faulders, Lawfare, Letitia James, MSNBC, Scott MacFarlaneCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Lawfare Just Admitted the Leaks Worked in the Letitia James Case

December 19, 2025 / 11 minutes of reading

Molly Roberts says grand jurors were “reading the news.” She’s right. That news was built by 53 federal crimes – and a federal judge just documented the latest one with timestamps. On Friday, Lawfare published Molly Roberts’s analysis of the failed Letitia James indictments. Buried in her conclusion was an admission she didn’t realize she was making: “Grand jurors have

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Abee Lowell, Andrew McCarthy, Judge William Porter, Lawfare, Letitia James, Lindsey Halligan, Molly Roberts, National Review, Roger KellerCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

The Letitia James Grand Jury Leak: 33 Minutes Early. A Federal Judge Put It in Writing.

December 18, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading

A federal judge documented a crime with timestamps. The prosecutor didn’t show up for his own verdict. The court filings tell the story. A federal judge put it in writing. With timestamps. On December 15, 2025, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter issued an order in the Letitia James case. He didn’t just note that the grand jury result leaked. He

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Judge William Porter, Letitia James, Lindsey Halligan, Roger Keller, Todd BlancheCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Letitia James Prosecution: How the New York Times Missed the Biggest DOJ Scandal in Modern History

December 15, 2025 / 23 minutes of reading

Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer wrote a ‘Trump fails’ story. The facts they reported tell a story they missed—deliberate sabotage at the highest levels of DOJ. On December 12, 2025, Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer of the New York Times published what they thought was a victory lap about the failed prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James. Instead,

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Abbe Lowell, Alan Feuer, Charles Schumer, Christine Bish, Christopher Sarma, Donald Trump, Ed Martin, Elizabeth Warren, Elizabeth Yusi, Erik Siebert, Glenn Thrush, Hakeem Jeffries, Jamie Raskin, Letitia James, New York Times, Pamela Bondi, Reuters, Robert Garcia, Roger Keller, Sarah Lynch, Todd Blanche, William PulteCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Lindsey Halligan Got the Letitia James Indictment. Roger Keller Failed Twice. Guess Who They Called Inexperienced.

December 11, 2025 / 13 minutes of reading

The prosecutor who got the indictment was called inexperienced. The prosecutor who failed twice was called a veteran. Only one of those descriptions was accurate. TL;DR: The media relentlessly called Lindsey Halligan “inexperienced” – she got an indictment on all counts. When Roger Keller took over and failed twice, Reuters buried one sentence near the bottom of an October 24

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Lawfare, Letitia James, Lindsey Halligan, MSNBC, New York Magazine, New York Post, New York Times, Reuters, Roger Keller, Sarah Lynch, St. Louis American, The Guardian, Washington PostCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Two Hours

December 9, 2025 / 5 minutes of reading

Two hours. No press release. No official statement on DOJ.gov. Just a tweet. That’s how the Department of Justice responded to a convicted felon with a website. The Timeline 6:21 AM, December 8, 2025: I publish “Is Todd Blanche Undermining the Letitia James Prosecution?” The article documents 47 unauthorized disclosures from DOJ insiders to nine newsrooms. Six leaks specifically positioning

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Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, Letitia James, Lindsey Halligan, Pamela Bondi, Roger Keller, Todd BlancheCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Is Todd Blanche Undermining the Letitia James Prosecution?

December 8, 2025 / 13 minutes of reading

The Deputy Attorney General is “possibly even encouraging” an investigation into the people who reportedly bypassed him—while 47 leakers who helped him go untouched. On November 20, 2025, MSNBC’s Carol Leonnig reported that a federal grand jury in Greenbelt, Maryland is investigating Bill Pulte and Ed Martin—the two men who reportedly bypassed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to bring mortgage

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Carol Leonnig, Christine Bish, Ed Martin, Erik Siebert, Ken Dilanian, Letitia James, Lindsey Halligan, Todd Blanche, William PulteCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Grand Juries Come and Go. The Documents Don’t. Letitia James Can’t Escape Them

December 5, 2025 / 14 minutes of reading

A second grand jury declined to indict. The DOJ says they’ll try again. Meanwhile, 42 years of public records sit waiting for someone willing to present them. I committed crime for 16 years at Crazy Eddie. I’ve spent the last 30 years tracking white-collar criminals. I know what fraud looks like. I know what it smells like. And I know

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Abbe Lowell, Ben Penn, Carol Leonnig, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Eric Trump, Josh Gerstein, Kathy Hochul, Ken Dilanian, Kyle Cheney, Letitia James, Lindsey Halligan, Pamela Bondi, Patrick Byrne, Robert Garcia, Roger Keller, Sarah N. Lynch, Todd BlancheCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Obstruction of Justice: How 47 DOJ Leaks and 9 Complicit Newsrooms Targeted the Letitia James Prosecution

December 1, 2025 / 58 minutes of reading

The Laundering Pipeline: DOJ Insiders → Reporters → Headlines → Defense Motions → Amicus Briefs → Congressional Letters → Federal Judge’s Ruling Prologue: The Real Misconduct Forty-seven federal crimes. Nine newsrooms. One coordinated operation to obstruct justice. They screamed “prosecutorial misconduct” until a federal judge cited it as fact. But who really obstructed justice in the Letitia James case? Not

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Abbe Lowell, ABC News, Alan Feuer, Alexander Mallin, Andrew Goudsward, Anna Bower, Carol Leonnig, CBS News, Charles Schumer, CNN, Doanld Trump, Donald Trump, Ed Martin, Elizabeth Yusi, Eric Trump, Erik Siebert, Fallon Gallagher, Garrett Haake, Glenn Thrush, Hakeem Jeffries, Hannah Rabinowitz, Jacob Rosen, Jeff Mason, Jeremy Roebuck, Joel Gilbert, Jonah E. Bromwich, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, Judge Jamar K. Walker, Kara Scannell, Katherine Faulders, Kelly O'Donnell, Ken Dilanian, Kristen Holmes, Kristin Bird, Kwame Raoul, Lawfare, Letitia James, Lindsey Halligan, Luc Cohen, Luke Barr, Maggie Haberman, Melissa Quinn, Molly Roberts, MSNBC, Nakia Thompson, NBC News, New York Times, Olivia Rubin, Pamela Bondi, Perry Stein, Peter Charalambous, Pierre Thomas, Rachel Siegel, Reuters, Robert Garcia, Salvador Rizzo, Sarah N. Lynch, Scott MacFarlane, Steven Portnoy, Todd Blanche, Vaughn Hillyard, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, William K. Rashbaum, William PulteCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook